Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an area based payment has not been granted to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41265/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The persons named submitted an application for Single Farm Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas Scheme on 25 April 2006. The processing of this application has now been finalised by my Department. Payment will issue shortly.

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to difficulties in relation to the payment of disadvantaged area payments for maize farmers; when this payment was due; when it will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41266/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has made payments amounting to €247 million under the 2006 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme to 99,024 farmers, which amounts to over 97% of eligible applicants. Remaining farmers will receive their payments when their applications are fully processed.

An issue arose in connection with the inclusion of ineligible arable crops declared as forage in the applications of some farmers. This problem has now been resolved and payment will issue to the applicants in question early next week.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41280/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An official of my Department will make direct contact with the person named to deal with an issue that has arisen in connection with the establishment of his Single Payment Scheme entitlements. His application will be processed when this issue has been resolved.

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a single payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41349/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme was submitted on the 3rd of May 2006.

This application has now been fully processed and payment in respect of 59.09 transferred entitlements will issue shortly.

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation which pertains where a farmer who is the designated holder of single farm entitlements and wishes to retire and transfer the land upon which the entitlements derive to their son; if she will confirm that such entitlements will automatically rest on their son; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41359/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that Single Payment entitlements are not attached to land but are the property of the farmer who was farming during the reference period 2000-2002, who was in receipt of direct payments under one or more of the Livestock Premium and/or Arable Aid schemes and who claimed the entitlements by submitting a Single Payment application form in 2005.

Entitlements may be sold with or without land but can only be sold without land once 80% have been used in one calendar year. On the other hand entitlements may only be leased to another farmer if accompanied by an equivalent number of hectares of eligible land. Entitlements may also of course be transferred with or without land by gift or through inheritance.

In order to transfer entitlements by way of sale, lease, gift, or inheritance, a transfer of entitlements application form must be completed and submitted to my Department. The application form to be completed by farmers engaged in transferring entitlements for the 2007 Single Payment Scheme year is available on my Department's website www.agriculture.gov.ie.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will arrange for entitlements to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41478/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named applied to transfer in Single Payment entitlements under the Private Contract Clause measure (sale). This application was successful and the entitlements in question were transferred to the applicant. Full payment issued to the person named in respect of 2005.

An application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2006. Following validation certain issues were highlighted which initially delayed payment. These matters have now been satisfactorily resolved and it is expected that payment will shortly issue to the person named.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she expects a disadvantage payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be made; the reason for the delay in payment of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41491/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for Single Farm Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas Scheme on 10 May 2006. The processing of this application has now been finalised by my Department. Payment will issue shortly.